The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-09-23
CHARMING cREoLEs.
Women Noted for Their Good Fentu n
Bright Ewes and Beautiful Figures.

Women Noted for Their Good Featu re<
Bright Ewes ana Beautiful Figures.
Tie aristocratic Creole lady Is often
n mohel for the imitation of her sex.
She Is an obedient and respectful
daughter. faithful. wife and a devot-
cd mother She Is soft Of speech, and
has 4 grace of manner which gives q
charm to all she does Well educated
aud accomplished. with keen wit, she
makes a brilliant figure in society. but
is. nevertheless. an excellent manager
of her household. and gives most
careful supervision to every detail that
will enhance the comfort of her lord.
She looks diligently after the physical
and intellectual welfare of her chill
dren; especially are her daughters
trained under her own eyes in
all that goes TO make woman
lovely in mind and person.
Their tasks for school are conned
by her side. their music lessons are
practiced within her hearing. that she
may detect the least false note She
shares In all their amusemenfs; she Is
their companion. their confidante. their
friend. They come to her with all their
little hopes and fears. sure of her
sympathy. When her daughter il
grown. the Creole matron blooms
again into rich second youth; her
own girlhood is renewed in that OF a
child; they ara scarcely mother and
dau ghter any longer. but n pair of
loving sisters The young girl is edu-
Gated in a convent. and leads a Sc
cluded existence until she is launched
into society. To and then in the joyous
life that bursts upon her she is al
ways surrounded by the same
watc'iful care that guarded her
childhood. Young girls are not
allowed 10 go into society
without being accompanied by their
mothers. or some other msrvis.I aasiy.
rs ehapcron-one of the many Creole
customs which has been generally
adopted by the American residents OF
New Orleans
These Young girls are often wonder
fully beautiful. Good features. hand
some eyes and graceful figures com
bine 10 make them very attractive,
their beauty being not infrequently
Oriental in type. though the viyacity
of their manner marks them as essen
TALLY French in character Many
Creole women are very accomplished
They have skin in music and paint
ing that is often artistic. In the
literary clubs which society women
have inauguraied II late years in New
Orleans, the American ladies have
been astonished TO find the Creole
ladies' quite as well posted as them
selves in English literature.
while possessing much greater
knowledge of the literature of other
countries. But an accomplishment
still more attractive TO the impecunious
young man seeking matrimony is the
exquisite tas'e with which these maid
ems fair will fashion their own gowns
and bonnets when circumstance
require them 70 make these things al
home. The Creole women have in
herited their French taste for dress.
and in greater degree than other
Americans they +. gard the fiat OF
Paris rs the supreme authority in all
matters concerning the toilet Also.
the Creole women of all ages and all
classes are devout- Neither social en-
gagemenis. nor weather. nor o.her OBJ
stacles are allowed to interfere with
the discharge of their religious duties.
Arc they not somewhat superstitious?
Some Of them a little so. perhaps. in
remembrance of voudou stories told
them in their infancy by old negro
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